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Calendar No. 305 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1621 

[Report No. 115–206] 

To require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a methodology for the collection by the Commission of information about commercial mobile service and commercial mobile data service, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2017 

Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mrs. 

FISCHER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. SCHATZ, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 

WYDEN, and Mr. HELLER) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

FEBRUARY 7, 2018 

Reported by Mr. THUNE, without amendment 

A BILL 

To require the Federal Communications Commission to establish a methodology for the collection by the Commission of information about commercial mobile service and 

commercial mobile data service, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rural Wireless Access 

3 Act of 2017’’. 

4 SEC. 2. METHODOLOGY FOR COLLECTION OF MOBILE 

5 SERVICE COVERAGE DATA. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

7 (1) the term ‘‘commercial mobile data service’’ 

8 has the meaning given the term in section 6001 of 

9 the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act 

10 of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401); 

11 (2) the term ‘‘commercial mobile service’’ has 

12 the meaning given the term in section 332(d) of the 

13 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d)); 

14 (3) the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal 

15 Communications Commission; 

16 (4) the term ‘‘coverage data’’ means, if com17 mercial mobile service or commercial mobile data 

18 service is available, information about the service, 

19 which may include available speed tiers and perform20 ance characteristics; and 

21 (5) the term ‘‘Universal Service program’’ 

22 means the universal service support mechanisms es23 tablished under section 254 of the Communications 

24 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) and the regulations 

25 issued under that section. 


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1 (b) METHODOLOGY ESTABLISHED.—Not later than 

2 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

3 Commission shall promulgate regulations to establish a 

4 methodology that shall apply to the collection of coverage 

5 data by the Commission for the purposes of— 

6 (1) the Universal Service program; or 

7 (2) any other similar program. 

8 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—The methodology established 

9 under subsection (b) shall— 

10 (1) contain standard definitions for different 

11 speed tiers, such as the 2G, 3G, 4G, and 4G LTE 

12 tiers; 

13 (2) ensure that coverage data is collected in a 

14 consistent and robust way; 

15 (3) improve the validity and reliability of cov16 erage data; and 

17 (4) increase the efficiency of coverage data col18 lection. 


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Calendar No. 305 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1621 

[Report No. 115–206] 

A BILL 

To require the Federal Communications Commisservice, and for other purposes. cial mobile service and commercial mobile data by the Commission of information about commer- sion to establish a methodology for the collection 

FEBRUARY 7, 2018 

Reported without amendment 


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